Press Pass March 2019

PAGE 1 PRESSPASS March 22, 2019 Best News Photo Division 1: Weekly newspapers 2018 Better Newspaper Contest By Nathan Bourne, Seeley Swan Pathfinder Titled: Fire Bears Down on Seeley Lake With Seeley Lake in the foreground, the DC-10 heavy air tanker drops a line of retardant on the south flank of the Rice Ridge Fire on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017. The fire made a push towards the north end of Seeley Lake, but aerial resources were able to keep it in check. March 22, 2019 PAGE 2 MNACalendar March 22 Nomination deadline, 2019 Montana Newspaper Hall of Fame, Master Editor/Publisher Award and Distinguished Service Awards 29 Montana Freedom of Information Hotline Inc. event at the Montana Capitol April 5 MNA and MNAS Board of Directors’ meeting - Missoula 5 University of Montana School of Journalism Dean Stone awards banquet 12 Deadline to submit articles for April Press Pass newsletter 15 Montana Corporation Annual Report filing deadline with the Montana Secretary of State May 10 Deadline to submit articles for May Press Pass newsletter 27 Federal holiday: Memorial Day 27 MNA office will be closed for Memorial Day holiday June 6 MNA and MNAS Board of Directors’ Meeting–Big Sky 7,8 MNA office will be closed for annual convention 7,8 134th MNA annual convention–Big Sky 8 2019 MNA Better Newspaper Contest awards banquet–Big Sky 14 Deadline to submit articles for June Press Pass newsletter July 1 Deadline to file annual municipal and county sworn statements of circulation 4 Federal Holiday: Independence Day 4 MNA office closed for Independence Day holiday 12 Deadline to submit articles for July Press Pass newsletter THANK YOU RENEWING ASSOCIATE MEMBERS Bronze Level Associate Member Bronze Level Associate Member Bronze Level Associate Member OUR MISSION: To advance and sustain the news publishing industry in Montana. 825 Great Northern Blvd., Ste. 202 Matt Gibson, Executive Director | [email protected] Helena, MT 59601 Stacy Wirtz, Business Development Director | [email protected] Phone 406-443-2850 Ryan Stavnes, Member Relations & Client Services | [email protected] Fax 406-443-2860 mtnewspapers.com March 22, 2019 PAGE 3 2018 Better Newspaper Contest Winners Best Front Page Best Front Page Layout & Design Layout & Design To Those Who Courageously Gave Their 75¢ Lives And Those That Fight Today..... Thursday BLACKFOOT V ALLEY THANK YOU July 13, 406-293-7717 • libbyautosales.com 2017 ISPATCH Vol. 37, D Serving South Lincoln County since 1902 75¢ BVD No. 27 THE BLACKFOOT VALLEY’S NEWS SOURCE SINCE 1980 INDEPENDENT AND LOCALLY OWNED IN LINCOLN, MONT. Rumble and Shake No major damage but plenty of rattled nerves as 5.8 earthquake jolts Lincoln Tuesday, November 7, 2017 Libby, Montana Volume 116, No. 89 Roger Dey BVD Editor was reportedly felt as far north as bout eight and a Calgary and as far west as Seattle. Locally, it left people both lit- half miles below A erally and figuratively rattled. ‘It’s a damn shame.’ Ken and Sandy Crymble’s Nine miles from the epicenter, home in Mead Gulch, in the Hogum Creek area, Tracy MacKnight thought a plane had something moved. landed on the roof of her home. Finding herself in the dark with “I thought the cabin exploded. her grandson Taylor Korth, she I didn’t know,” Ken Crymble was briefly unsure of what to do. said. “The cabin was shaking and “The scariest part was hear- there just a loud, huge noise.” ing the glass breaking all around According to the U.S Geologi- and not knowing where it was,” she cal Survey, a “shallow strike-slip said. Eventually she remembered faulting” motion triggered a 5.8 the flashlight function on her phone. magnitude earthquake almost She found the quake had cost her an directly beneath the Crymble entire set of antique china that had home at 12:30 a.m., July 6. been in her family for three genera- As a retired fire chief, Crymble tions. Fearing damage to the home’s has years of experience being awak- integrity, they headed to Lincoln ened out of a deep sleep by pages and to spend the night at a friend’s. alerts, and the area around Lincoln Some of the worst reported dam- has a somewhat active seismic history, age came from the home of Gordy so he’s experienced tremors there be- Becker, who lives along Highway fore, but he has trouble trying to de- 200, east of Lincoln. He was out- scribe the sensation of finding himself side his house enjoying a fire with atop the epicenter of the eighth largest family and girlfriend Hope Quay earthquake recorded in Montana. when the quake hit. Inside bottles, Crymble said people often talk wall hangings and several trophy about hearing a loud bang then a rum- mounts hit the floor. The building ble, but in Mead Gulch they happened suffered damage to the founda- simultaneously, and it was deafening. tion, chimney, walls and water line. “This one…I just can’t explain it. Becker’s son and daughter, who Of course, you come out of a dead were asleep inside, were unharmed. From right, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputy John Hyslop, Emergency Management Planner Brent Teske and two other men help with a hose Sunday. (John Blodgett/TWN) sleep and you’re grabbing each other Just four miles straight north of the and you don’t know if the cabins Soup cans, oil and hot sauces litter an aisle in D&D Foodtown after Thursday morning’s earthquake. epicenter Susie Gehring was asleep (Roger Dey photo) coming down, or what else,” he said. in the vintage camper trailer she 20 left jobless after fire destroys Libby mill In an instant, the noise and trem- shook the Lincoln area for nearly a near the force of the state’s largest- stays in while tending her goat herd By JOHN BLODGETT treated at the scene for ors roared outward from Mead minute, jolting people awake as their the 7.3 Hebgen Lake earthquake of The Western News a minor burn to a hand, and working on the old Lee Hughes according to a Monday Gulch in all directions. It knocked homes shuddered around them. 1959 that killed 28 people and moved A blaze that kept fire- morning incident report fighters busy for 18 hours prepared by Steven See RUMBLE Pg. 4 out power to about 1350 people and While the temblor had nowhere 40 million cubic tons of material – it beginning Sunday after- Lauer, Libby Volunteer noon destroyed two build- Fire Department First ings in Libby’s Kootenai Assistant and Fire Business Park and has Marshal. left about 18-20 people out In addition to fire- Fantastic Fourth of work, officials say. fighters, two Libby The buildings, part of Volunteer Ambulance the SK Fingerjoint com- crews responded and plex, were unoccupied at some ambulance person- the time of the fire, which nel helped firefighters was reported at 2:28 p.m. lay or move hose. A Sunday. number of units from the “It’s a damn shame,” Lincoln County Sheriff’s Brent Teske, Lincoln Office and Libby Police County’s emergency Department helped to management planner and secure the scene, and Libby’s mayor, said as the Troy Volunteer Fire he watched the fire and Department was called in considered the business’s to the Libby Fire Hall to significance to Libby’s remain on standby. economy. “It makes you An insufficient supply sick.” of water at the site hin- Monday morning the dered firefighting efforts, Lincoln County Sheriff’s officials said. Office was investigating “The biggest detriment the fire’s cause. was not having water Twenty-four firefight- onsite,” Lauer said at ers responded to the huge blaze. One firefighter was See Fire, A6 Three Libby firefighters try to knock down flames at SK Fingerjoint Sunday. (John Blodgett/The Western News) Fireworks at Hooper Park July 4th (left) provide a dramatic preview of the community fire- ADVERTISE HERE works show put on by the Lincoln Valley Chamber of Commerce (above). (Photos by Roger Dey) Your Holiday Event Obituary: Cheryl Ann Harvey /Choice Fly-in/ Watch for damage, scams /July 4 concert / Entrance upgrades / Rally entertainment / Freight Or Christmas Sales! INSIDE: train/ Geary:That familiar feeling / Rodeo Results Call Suzanne Or Teresa TODAY! 293-4124 2nd PLACE Division 1 2nd PLACE Weekly newspapers with circulation of 1,250 or less Division 2 By Roger Dey, Blackfoot Valley Dispatch Weekly newspapers with circulation from 1,251 to 2,000 By John Blodgett, The Western News To view all the first-place winners of the 2018 Better Newspaper Contest, please visit the following link: http://www.mtnewspapers.com/awards2018/presentation.php March 22, 2019 PAGE 4 PEOPLEandPAPERS Bitter cold February chills bones, but not progress Can we talk about the weather? Seriously. I’ve been on the job here at the Mon- tana Newspaper Association for about 80 days now, and if I had to tell you one thing that stood out from the experience, I’d have to single out the brutal cold we endured through February into the first week of March. I feel like it colored everything that happened last month. And things did happen. They just happened in well-heated in- door spaces while wearing multiple layers. Credit the rugged weather if you like, but it looks like we’ll come out of the 2019 legislative session in a good place. None of the measures that caused us the most con- cern have survived transmittal. And we have a reasonable plan in place to work with the League of Cities and Towns and other stakeholders to develop clear guidelines for Matt Gibson handling requests for public document requests.

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